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A.P.GREQUE. STAND 0R SUPPORT FOR BOILERS.

No. 444,693. Patented Jan. 13,1891.

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ALLEN P. CREQUE, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

STAND OR SUPPORT FOR BOILERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 444,693, dated January13, 1891.

Application filed April 14,1887. fierial No. 234,769. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALLEN P. GREQUE, of New York, county and State ofNew York, have invented an Improvement in Stands or Supports forBoilers, of which the following description, in connection with theaccompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawingsrepresenting like parts.

Hot-water or range boilers are now commonly set upright in kitchens, andthe sink supplied with hot water from the range or boiler is removedtherefrom to some considerable distance, the water being conductedthrough pipes crossing the ceiling or wall. Itis a great desideratum toso support kitchensinks that they may be entirely open underneath tothus prevent accumulation of dirt or any unsanitary collection upon thefloor or about the sink, and it is a desideratum to keepthe sink, whichmay be of soapstone, cast-iron, or other usual material, moderatelywarm, thus preventing the adhesion to it of any greasy sediments orimpurities which are apt to be unsanitary. The space under akitchen-sink as ordinarily supported is frequently unavailable, exceptas a dark closet. To economize the available room in a kitchen or otherapartment, and also to enable the heat from the hot-water boiler to beutilized to keep the sink warm, and also to enable the sink to besupported in such manner that the floor under it may be readilyaccessible to be kept clean, I have combined with the sink a hot-waterboiler, the latter being supported in horizontal positionimmediatelybelow the sink, the support or stand, as herein shown and aspreferable, sustaining also the sink. As my invention is hereinembodied, I have provided the stand with a rest, it being detachable inorder that one of a different size may be substituted, or that it may beentirely removed, according to the diameter of the boiler to beemployed. The radiation of heat outwardly from the boiler at the frontof the sink may be prevented by providing the boiler with anon-heat-conducting jacket or by pro viding the stand with anon-heat-conducting apron.

My invention consists, essentially, in the combination, with a stand andsink, of a boiler arranged horizontally under the sink.

w; and Fig. 5 is a detail, on a smaller scale, of

the upper end of a modified form of stand especially adapted to supportan iron sink.

The sink A, which may be of stone, Wood, or other material, bound or notat its corners and along its bottom edges by a metallic flange a, issupported by astand composed of legs B B, the said legs being preferablyshaped substantially as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, leaving an opencylindrical space for the reception of the hot-water boiler O, which maybe of usual or suitable construction, it being connected by piping inany usual manner with the hot-water back of a stove, range, or furnace,the said sink being preferably secured to the flanged upper end b of thestand by suitable bolts or screws.

As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, I have mounted within the legs of the stand abearing-block 12 it being herein shown as secured to the legs of thestand by a bolt, as 19 (see Figs. 2 and 4,) the said bolt also serving,preferably, to hold in position a brace-leg I), having its upper end, asherein shown, shaped to enter a recess, as b cast or formed in the innerside of the leg, the said brace preventing any side tipping of the legand forming for each end of the stand a tripodal support.

To prevent the radiation of heat outwardly to the discomfort of apersonstandingin front of the sink. especially in summer-time, I may providethe boiler G with a shield, shown in Fig. 1 as a covering 1), the saidcovering being partially broken away, as shown in Fig. 1, it beingaltogether omitted in Fig. 2, but shown in Fig. 3 as attached to thestand.

To adapt the legs of the stand to support an iron sink having flangededges at its top, the upper ends of the stand will be shapedsubstantially as shown in Fig. 5, where B represents the top of thestand and A the iron sink.

It will be noticed with a boiler arranged directly under the sink thatthe sink may be kept moderately warm by the boiler underneath; butshould. more heat be desired than comes to the sink through thenon-heat-conducting material upon the boiler then the case D may beeither entirely or partially omitted, the non-heat-conducting shield Dbeing solely depended upon in such case to prevent outward radiation ofheat from the boiler toward the front of the sink. The lower ends of thestand or the legs I) and I) are just broad enough to stand firmly uponthe floor without enteringit, thus leaving a clear space about them tobe kept clean. The legs may,

"if desired, be attached to the floor by suitable screws, or they maysimply rest upon the floor represented by the line f.

I claim- 1. The combination, with a stand and a sink supported by it, ofa boiler supported by the stand below the sink independently of the saidsink, whereby the boiler may be removed without disturbing the sink,substantially as described.

2. A stand composed of two metallic side pieces B B, a sink supportedabove the side pieces and connecting them together at their upper ends,combined with a boiler arranged horizontally Within the stand below thesink, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a sink, of a stand to support it, provided withdetachable bearings, as to receive directly upon them a boiler,substantially as and for the purpose .set forth.

4.. The sink and a metallic stand to supportit, the said stand havingtwo side legs, as B, provided with openings adapted to receive a boiler,and brace-legs, as Z2 extended from the said side legs to form atripodal sup-' port for the opposite ends of the sink, substantially asdescribed.

5. The combination, with a sink and a stand to support it, of a boilersupported below the said sink by the said stand, and a.non-heat-radiating shield, to operate substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALLEN l. OREQUE. \Vitnesses:

G. W. GREGORY, J AS. H. CHURCHILL.

